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Ive been there.... and ill first like to say, relapse is no walk in the park 😖 and well done for going back to the meds (also a difficult thing) i hate this illness so much. 😔 I found the same dosge jus fine... give it time. I hope your doing ok, i know first hand how terrible it feels to have OCD knock u down, which in most cases is hard... but when the sneaky OCD beast gets in... its turly devastating 🥺 Hope this helps ❤
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Very helpful thank you! I’m creeping back up to my old dose and still waiting for it to kick back in. Thank you for sharing!
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@Anonymous It makes me feel much better knowing a fellow OCD “club member” got better after reinstatement of same drug same dose
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Hi, I had the exact same experience. I came off my fluoxetine (Prozac) a few months ago after 2 years and then had a big relapse, like I never would have imaged tbh. I’m now back on the meds and am regulating my OCD better and feeling positive about the future!
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As in I was on the meds for 2 years and the relapse came after quitting them for 2/3 months
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@letsgetbetter2022 Same story for me about 3 months. Thanks for replying!
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Sorry youre struggling but thats what I am worried about, depending on meds for the rest of my life
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Me too brother but I’m focusing on one day at a time because that was one hard hitting relapse and I don’t think I can put my wife through that again
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Yeah the meds normally keep you goin about 2/3 months after stopping... which is why u think... "great, i no longer have OCD" them boom.... its back.
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I am now VERY aware of that lol very well said
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And getting back on meds is tought, beacuse they enhance the thougts for like 2/3 days so its hell... OMG i hate this poxy disorder 😭😭
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I had the same thing happen to me when taking citalopram. I thought I would be ready but as soon as I tapered off of them and stopped like 1 month later it hit me again and I am back on them not for 3 years.
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Did you return to your baseline after resuming? Sorry to hear that and thank you for sharing
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A friend of mine stopped her medication after 3 years and had the same experience you had. Got back on the same medication, and she's back to being stable :) Had you done ERP as a CBT, or "regular" CBT without exposures? I think the ERP part is important. From your username, I gather we're in the same field. My OCD started during my first job (a lot happened that year at once) and I had my first heavy symptoms and couldn't work because my subtype is contamination. I was prescribed Escitalopram and CBT, but off the meds, CBT didn't help as much as I thought. When I started actual ERP, it was a game changer. I'm still on my path to (hopefully) recover, but more hopeful on the long lasting effects of the therapy. ERP is the gold standard psychotherapy for OCD after all. Good luck!
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Thank you for the response! My CBT was limited with only some ERP but I am looking forward to getting started with the OCD specialist in March. I’m sorry that happened to your friend and that you’ve had difficulties as well, but I am hopeful that I will have a similar response and a return to baseline after a little more time for the medication to take it’s full effects. Thanks again!
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